Building a Jewish Home Quiz

A Jewish home has many unique features, and it is a key space for Jewish identity formation in families. How much do you know about Jewish home and family practices, rituals, and demographics?

Question 1. What is the purpose of hanging a mezuzah on one's doorpost?
It fulfills a biblical commandment
Every time you enter or leave the house, the mezuzah reminds you that you have a covenant with God
The mezuzah serves as a symbol to everyone else that this particular dwelling is constituted as a Jewish household
All of the above

Question 2. According to the National Jewish Population Survey of 1990, what was the most common Jewish American household?
One adult Jew living alone
Two adult Jews living with one child
Two adult Jews living with two or three children
One adult Jew living with one adult non-Jew

Question 6. What is a reason that adoption is on the rise in the Jewish community?
Jewish babies in China are looking for Jewish homes in America
Jewish women do not want to be pregnant
Couples are waiting longer than in the past to get married and have children, increasing fertility problems
All of the above

Question 7. True or false: The commandment to hang a mezuzah is biblical in origin.
True
False